Analysis Of The Text Shedding Light On The Dinosaur-Bird Connection

Are Birds Living Like Dinosaurs? In the text "Shedding Light on the Dinosaur-Bird Connection" by the American Museum of Natural History, demonstrates how birds are pretty similar to dinosaurs. The authors talk about how birds are believed to be living dinosaurs, they have similar skeletal structures, and they have similar behaviors. First, the text "Shedding Light on the Dinosaur-Bird Connection" by the American Museum of Natural History explains how birds are believed to be living dinosaurs. In fact, "[t]hese large dinosaurs are no longer around, but dinosaurs still live among us today. They are the birds," this shows how people believe that birds are considered to be living dinosaurs. Speaking about how birds and dinosaurs are alike might

The text has some fallacious reasoning, like he doesn't prove that dinosaurs are related to birds. If there were gaps throughout this text, the author should have put a picture of a dinosaur and a bird to show similarities to each other. However, birds are believed to be living dinosaurs, and birds have similar skeletal structures. Second, the text "Shedding Light on the Dinosaur-Bird Connection" by the American Museum of Natural History demonstrates how birds have similar skeletal structures to dinosaurs. For instance, "[m]any similarities can be found when comparing a skeleton of a living bird to the fossilized skeleton of a non-bird theropod, like Sinornithosaurs," this shows that birds and dinosaurs have similarities when it comes to their skeletal structure. Finding differences between birds and dinosaurs have shown that they both have similarities in their skeletal structures. In other words, "[t]hey both have a hole in the hipbone, a feature that distinguishes most dinosaurs from all other animals," states different examples that they have alike. The evidence that the author states is factual, detailed, and an

If there were gaps throughout this text, he should have put different things that are not alike about birds and dinosaurs. Altogether, birds have similar skeletal structures, and they also have similar behavior. Lastly, the text "Shedding Light on the Dinosaur-Bird Connection" by the American Museum of Natural History explains how birds and dinosaurs have similar behaviors. Such as, "[w]hen scientists look at non-bird theropod fossils they see evidence of behaviors that are common to living birds, such as nest-building, egg-laying, and brooding," this interprets how birds and dinosaurs have common behaviors to each other. Explaining the different behaviors that they both have in common, helps the reader believe that birds are actually living dinosaurs. Additionally, "[f]or these dinosaurs, feather may have served other functions, including gliding, insulation, protection, and display. Feathers play a role in many bird species today," states the more common behaviors that birds and dinosaurs have. The author's evidence that he gives while talking about this claim is factual and an example. While giving enough evidence, the author also stays on topic. The author states no flaws in this